California is quickly becoming ground zero for the national defense against a coronavirus outbreak in the broader country.  Not only is the first patient who contracted coronavirus from an unknown source in Northern California, but the state is monitoring almost 85-hundred people who might have had exposure to the virus. 

Can we trust the federal government to get it right on stopping a coronavirus outbreak here before it gets out of hand?

And are we now in a cycle of pandemics, breaking out every few years, that will  present a continuous public health threat?  

Wall Street continued its downward spiral today, with the Dow Jones moving into grim "correction" territory.  Is it just coronavirus that has investors so spooked, or is there something else at work driving down stocks?

And Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have stuck to their claims of innocence in the college admissions bribery scandal--but now their lawyers say they have the evidence to prove it, and claim that federal prosecutors have been withholding it.

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The coronavirus has not yet gained a foothold in the United States, but public health officials are taking no chances.

Here in L.A. county, they're already counting available hospital beds and planning for the possibility of a large-spread outbreak of coronavirus--and what happens if the virus starts spreading among the city's homeless population?

Up in San Francisco, they've preemptively declared a public health emergency, even though there hasn't been a single reported case of coronavirus.  The preparations are underway, but will they be enough to keep coronavirus at bay?  We'll go In Depth.

Democrats engaged in a chaotic and often times messy debate in South Carolina, with most of the candidates taking their best shots at front-runner Bernie Sanders.........but did any of them land their rhetorical punches?

Remember those mysterious drones that were flying in a grid-like pattern over Colorado?  Turns out that even the mighty U.S. Air Force had no clue where they were from or who was controlling them.

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On the one hand, you've got President Trump and several members of his administration telling Americans that any potential for a widespread coronavirus outbreak here in the United States is minimal and they've got the situation well in hand.  On the other hand, you've got officials at the Centers for Disease Control warning today that the spread of coronavirus here in the U.S. is "inevitable" and could dramatically impact daily life.  So which one is it? 

The rapid spread of coronavirus across Asia has had a big impact on the Asian-American community right here in Los Angeles, affecting everything from travel to trade.

And then there's the politics and conspiracy theories born from coronavirus, which are spreading almost as quickly as the disease itself.  We'll go in depth on all of it.

There were some signs last year that California's real estate market was finally cooling off; but those signs are now pointing in the other direction.  The average home in California now costs north of 615-thousand dollars, shutting most of us out of the market.

And when Uber and Lyft were taking off, we were told that ridesharing would help the environment by encouraging carpooling and cutting down on car rides.  Well, turns out the exact opposite is true.

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Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul who became the ignition point of the Me Too movement thanks to at least a dozen allegations of sexual assault leveled against him, was found guilty of third-degree rape today.......and was immediately booked into New York state prison.

The march of coronavirus across the globe shows no signs of slowing down, with new cases popping up in new country's; and the coronavirus outbreak has significantly spooked traders on Wall Street--we'll get you up to date on a brutal day for your 401K.

A test of first amendment rights is coming up in Connecticut, where two university students were arrested and charged with making racial slurs under a 100-year-old law..........but while deplorable, is making racial slurs a crime?

And House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff is back on In Depth talking about renewed attacks on the integrity of American elections, and how the Trump administration is responding to them.

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The Russians are back to their old tricks, according to assessments of the U.S. intelligence community, looking to be a disruptive influence in the 2020 presidential campaign and tipping the scales toward Donald Trump.  The president is aggressively denying this but is also shaking up his intelligence staff in the wake of these reports.  

Facebook was the favored tool of Russian hackers and disinformation specialists in 2016 and it's looking like the same for 2020. Why isn't Facebook being more aggressive in stopping disinformation and political manipulation? And why are Americans so gullible in buying into the stuff they see on Facebook?

The jury deliberating sexual assault charges against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is struggling to reach a verdict on two of the most serious counts in the case. 

Nevada heads to the caucuses tomorrow to cast votes for the Democratic presidential nomination race. Will we see a repeat of the mess in Iowa?

Coronavirus is starting to pop up in new countries with reports of cases in South Korea, Iran and more. Will it hit the U.S. hard? 

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The Russians are back to their old tricks, according to assessments of the U.S. intelligence community, looking to be a disruptive influence in the 2020 presidential campaign and tipping the scales toward Donald Trump.  The president is aggressively denying this but is also shaking up his intelligence staff in the wake of these reports.  

Facebook was the favored tool of Russian hackers and disinformation specialists in 2016 and it's looking like the same for 2020. Why isn't Facebook being more aggressive in stopping disinformation and political manipulation? And why are Americans so gullible in buying into the stuff they see on Facebook?

The jury deliberating sexual assault charges against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is struggling to reach a verdict on two of the most serious counts in the case. 

Nevada heads to the caucuses tomorrow to cast votes for the Democratic presidential nomination race. Will we see a repeat of the mess in Iowa?

Coronavirus is starting to pop up in new countries with reports of cases in South Korea, Iran and more. Will it hit the U.S. hard?

Roger Stone, flamboyant friend and adviser to President Trump, was sentenced to 3-years and 4-months in prison for lying to Congress and intimidating witnesses.  But there's a pretty fair chance that Stone won't serve a single day of that sentence.

Having a run in on the streets of Los Angeles with a person suffering from some sort of mental illness is not uncommon; and now California's governor wants to make it easier to force people with mental illness into psychiatric treatment.  About time, or a violation of individual rights? 

USC is going to open its doors to many more low income students, offering up free tuition to families making less than 80-thousand-dollars-a-year, as the Trojans try to move past several years worth of controversies.

Emergency communications in California have a checkered track record:  we've had issues with evacuation notices, with 911 centers and with keeping cell phones powered up in the middle of natural disasters.  Congress is attempting to fix that, we'll ask a FCC commissioner about the effort.

And Michael Bloomberg gets a cruel introduction to the Democratic debate stage.

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Roger Stone, flamboyant friend and adviser to President Trump, was sentenced to 3-years and 4-months in prison for lying to Congress and intimidating witnesses.  But there's a pretty fair chance that Stone won't serve a single day of that sentence.

Having a run in on the streets of Los Angeles with a person suffering from some sort of mental illness is not uncommon; and now California's governor wants to make it easier to force people with mental illness into psychiatric treatment.  About time, or a violation of individual rights? 

USC is going to open its doors to many more low income students, offering up free tuition to families making less than 80-thousand-dollars-a-year, as the Trojans try to move past several years worth of controversies.

Emergency communications in California have a checkered track record:  we've had issues with evacuation notices, with 911 centers and with keeping cell phones powered up in the middle of natural disasters.  Congress is attempting to fix that, we'll ask a FCC commissioner about the effort.

And Michael Bloomberg gets a cruel introduction to the Democratic debate stage.

Is our legal system doing enough to protect women who are victims of domestic violence? That's the grim question being asked after the death of Amie Harwick, a therapist who was murdered allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend---an ex-boyfriend against whom she had a restraining order and had made several police reports of physical abuse.  

L.A.'s city council is considering sending you to the front of the security line if you take public transit to LAX.  Is it worth it to ride buses and the rails for what is likely to be a more inconvenient trip to the airport, if it lets you skip the TSA line?

California's presidential primary, now only two weeks away, is increasingly looking like it's Bernie Sanders' race to lose.  Can Michael Bloomberg eat into Sanders big polling edge?

Attorney General Bill Barr has reportedly considered quitting in protest over President Trump's interference in Justice Department issues, but does anyone think he'd seriously do it?

And California corporations have a lot of hiring of women to do over the next year if they want to comply with a new state law.

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Is our legal system doing enough to protect women who are victims of domestic violence? That's the grim question being asked after the death of Amie Harwick, a therapist who was murdered allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend---an ex-boyfriend against whom she had a restraining order and had made several police reports of physical abuse.  

L.A.'s city council is considering sending you to the front of the security line if you take public transit to LAX.  Is it worth it to ride buses and the rails for what is likely to be a more inconvenient trip to the airport, if it lets you skip the TSA line?

California's presidential primary, now only two weeks away, is increasingly looking like it's Bernie Sanders' race to lose.  Can Michael Bloomberg eat into Sanders big polling edge?

Attorney General Bill Barr has reportedly considered quitting in protest over President Trump's interference in Justice Department issues, but does anyone think he'd seriously do it?

And California corporations have a lot of hiring of women to do over the next year if they want to comply with a new state law.